China blows up 300 dams, shuts hydropower stations to save Yangtze River habitat

Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨BrikoX@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨globalnews@lemmy.zip⁩

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3317644/china-blows-300-dams-shuts-hydropower-stations-save-yangtze-river-habitat?module=top_story&pgtype=homepage

Scientists hope the sturgeon known as the Yangtze’s last giant and other rare species may return to their breeding grounds as a result.

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unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I was gonna say “maybe they dont need that power capacity anymore with all that solar they are building” but no, they definitely need it.

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- Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  At the pace China is going with renewables, this is already outdated. I’m not arguing coal isn’t still at the top but they’re making huge gains in an effort to change that.
  
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  - unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Thats true, a lot can happen in 2 years, but they are surely still behind for now.
    
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  - Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    do you have a source for the statement?
    
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RedWizard@hexbear.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Good!

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its_prolly_fine@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Kinda too little too late. Glad there is an effort, but I’m still pissed they let the Yangtze river dolphin go extinct.

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